AMAZING WEEK! So many highlights. I feel I am finally back on track. I weigh myself every morning, and yesterday the scale said 199.4. Hello One-derland. I've heard of you,but didn't know if we'd ever meet again. I wanted to celebrate, but when I think celebrate, I think of food, and I didn't want to reverse the scale. So instead I wore a cute skirt and top to work yesterday. Yes, you heard me right. I dressed up for work. And I felt great all day long. I think I might start wearing a dress once or twice a week. I have so many and 3 hours of church, once a week, is not enough to show them off.
This morning was my official weigh in day. The scale said 198.6. YEEHAW! I've now lost 40 pounds! Its been tough at times, and sometimes I didn't think I'd ever get under 200, but I finally did. It took 5 months and sometimes that seemed so long, but now it seems so short. I still haven't set an official final goal, but one of the goals I'm thinking of, I'm now halfway there. :) I told myself that this diet would probably take a year and it looks like I'm right on track so far.
I've been looking for a dress for several weeks now for an upcoming murder mystery party that one of my friends is throwing. My role is kind of a trashy gal, but I wanted to buy a nice enough dress that I could wear it again. I have looked and looked and looked. I've gone into several stores, but couldn't find anything I like. There were a few that I thought would do, but I didn't love, and when I saw the price tag, I knew I didn't like the dress THAT much.
Last Friday I went to the mall with my in-laws. When we walked past Mr. Mac I noticed a stand of dresses out front. I decided to try a few on. I grabbed 2 off the rack and found a dressing room. Neither dress fit, but there was a 3rd dress hanging in the dressing room. I looked at it and loved it, but it was a large. I didn't know if it would fit. IT DID! I now have a dress that doesn't have an "x" in the size. I did a short happy dance in the dressing room. The dress is black and I love it. I bought some red wedges to go with it. I got several compliments in church Sunday. :)
Exercising and I have finally made up. I've been able to walk with Melanie a few times and I love it. When I'm alone, I don't want to go as far, but with her we just gab and walk and gab and walk. So far we've gone 3 miles both times. Then the next night I had to walk alone because she had class. I thought about quitting at an earlier point, but then got after myself. I know I can walk the 3 miles! When I got to the turn around point, I decided to keep going. I turned and went up a pretty good sized hill. The walk took about 1-1/2 hours and I think its about 4 miles. I think I have found the distance that gets my dog tired. When we turned on the home stretch, she really slowed down and I almost tripped over her a few times. Usually she is jerking so hard I think she's going to rip my arm out.
I tried making my breakfast smoothies with skim milk instead of orange juice. I did NOT like it. I thought all of the add ins would drown out the skim milk, but it still tasted nasty. Then the next day, I didn't have time to make a smoothie, so instead I poured a bottle of orange juice from my fridge and took it to work. I took one big drink of it, and it had gone bad. NASTY. I was sick pretty much the rest of the day. But I'm glad I didn't make a smoothie, because I wonder if the nasty would have been so prominent. What if I had drinking the entire smoothie? I probably would've been deathly sick after that.
In case I haven't mentioned it, apples and cheese have become my favorite treat. I buy the cheddar cheese sticks. I take a bite of apple and then a bite out of the cheese in my other hand. I LOVE IT! My favorite apple is the Pink Crisps, but I haven't been able to find them for a while, so I haven't had the snack for a while. This week I was craving it so much, that I bought a different apple, I think Pink Lady. They are just about as good.
Oh and one last highlight, I punched a new hole in my belt this morning. I've now punched 4 new holes altogether and the excess of my belt wraps around my body 1/4 of the way. I know I need a new belt, I've been looking. But I just want a simple plain belt and apparently they don't make those anymore. :p
I've decided to get back on track with WW. I haven't tracked my food, well, I'm not even sure. I think the end of June, maybe? But I'm going to try it one more time. Maybe if I can get back on track, I'll loose faster. Its nice to feel on fire about my diet and weight loss again.
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